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Evoq Content is a content management system, and part of the Evoq business suite of applications from DNN Corp in Mateo, California.https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/LD/U2/NG83JE067T62.pngDNNMore than DNN for Dummies, DNN for Professionals as well.2014-03-07T18:00:55.307ZWe use it for our own website, but we also host and use it to develop websites for our Clients. Our business model is a SaaS to the MLM / Network Marketing industry.We write a lot of our own modules in C# and also buy a few from other developers.Clients like to control the content and look and feel of their website, with DNN they have the ability to do so but then leave all of the heavy lifting to us to manage the Hardware, Programs, SQL Server and provide the necessary Reporting to them.,If a Client needs to add a page for a special Event, they can do so without having to contact us.
If a Client needs to add or change content, text or images at any time day or night they have the ability to do so without having to contact us.
Our Clients do not have to know anything about HTML, ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server etc. If they know how to use a Word Processor then they can do most anything they need from a Content standpoint by just using their favorite Browser.
If they need a special Module to do accomplish a certain task and we don't have one then we can provide one of hundreds developed by another developer from the DNN Store. Most modules are less than $100.
Because DNN uses Skins that are a layer on top of the platform architecture they can have different skins for different pages or departments etc. On the DNN Store there are literally thousands of Responsive Skins available that range in price from $40 - $200.
The platform is scalable and of course SQL Server is as well. So no matter how large a company gets DNN can handle the task ahead.,I really only have 2 complaints and they are minor with DNN. First I think that DNN might need to do a better job of certifying Developers that sell modules. Create a standard if you will, much like Apple does with Apps, as not all developers are created equally and support on some modules is lacking with some developers.
The second thing is I would like to see DNN keeping Developers more informed about upcoming changes to the platform and better co-ordination with developers on time schedules of new releases. Many times it seems the Developers have to play catch up when a new version is released and all of a sudden you may have some Modules that don't play nice with the changes.
Neither of these are really a major problem as DNN and the community has evolved tremendously over the years and it is fairly easy to find solutions from the community.,10,The positive impact is that DNN is fast to deploy and extremely flexibly so we can provide any thing our Clients need in a very short period of time especially with all of the great tools and resources that are available to you. It is definitely a RAD Tool.
It helps us keep our cost down and our profits up in a tight economy and in a very competitive environment.
With DNN I have not found a negative to our ROI nor to our business goals. It only enhances our Goals and keeps us profitable.,,7,3,Content Management of text and Images for individuals and Clients with little to no technical skills in the MLM / Network Marketing industry.
Sign Up and Management of hundreds of thousands of Members / Distributor and Customers in a Genealogical Structure.
The ability for us to build a SaaS Business Model and offer our Clients a cost effective way to have professional IT services no matter how small or large they are.,We have used it to build a complete Affiliate Network Retail Mall that pays Cash Back to the Customer from thousands of Retails across the planet.
We have used it to build a complete Green Mall that offers Customers thousands of well known 'Green & Organic' Products for personal, home and business use.
We have used it to build a Nutritional Analysis and Diet Management system that lets you create Menus and Plan your Daily Meals and offers healthy product to help you accomplish you weight loss goals. It includes Journals, Weight Tracking, Exercise Tracking, Activity rack and Graphically report your results.,We are developing a Health and Wellness site for a Client that allows people to find the lowest price for their prescription drugs from thousands of pharmacies across the country by letting the pharmacies bid for your business.
The prospects are literally endless with DNN.
We will be developing a Barter system for a new Client in the next 3 months.,10,Yes,Price
Product Features
Product Usability
Product Reputation
Prior Experience with the Product
Vendor Reputation
Existing Relationship with the Vendor
Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
Analyst Reports
Third-party Reviews,I would not change anything, we tried Ektron CMS Platform and even though it is a good it just didn't meet all of our needs. We researched the other alternatives and everything we found just kept pointing to DNN as the overall leader in this market for features number of deployments, available Skins and Modules and the Customer Support. Just do a search on the internet for CMS software and read for yourself the answers are easy to come by.I only wish we had done this sooner as it has been the best decision we have made in years.,Implemented in-house,Yes,Change management was minimal,Just taking the time to read the documentation but it is this way with anything you dive into.
Learning to use the available resources and where to find them.
Learning C# since we needed to write our own custom Modules, but since we were already experienced programmers in other languages this wa snot that big of a deal.,10,No,10,When we first moved over to DNN, about 5 years ago, we used their paid support with an 800 # and the help and expertise was excellent. If we had a dumb question we would pick up the phone and call, we never sat there on hold waiting. They were quick to respond with the correct answers we needed.Their Sales team is also very helpful on selecting the correct version for your needs which in a way is also a Customer Service related issue.,Adding Pages and Content are a breeze for even the novice as long as they know how to use a Browser and a Word Processor.
Creating internal or external Links from images or text is extremely easy.
Creating a professional looking website is a no brainer.,Adding Forms that store data to a database is not for the novice but with the right Module and a little help can be done.
SEO is a little difficult if you do not use the proper available Modules and know what you are doing. But many people know how to do it correctly so you can get there with the right tools and people.
CSS and layout you may need a little help from someone that understand s CSS to achieve a knockout professional looking site but there are plenty of people and tools available for this as well.,Yes,10Dennis AsheVery Satisfied Evoq Developer2015-07-13T14:35:59.380ZThe Evoq Content was used by my client to manage membership for a specific web application. It solved problems related to membership signup process, activating members, and provided ways to manage membership processes. We incorporated the Evoq modules into the rest of the site in such a way that custom workflows were created to help site moderators determine when a member was due for re-credentialing or what documents were needed for a new credentialing process (end users were chiropractors and physicians).,Community building
Membership management
Authorization and authentication.,No need for improvement in my opinion.,10,Increased workflow efficiency was gained due to the approval and credentialing process being powered by Evoq.,Salesforce.com,Developer,100-1,000 pagesSid ChildersDNN Review by T.Kruzik2014-02-26T23:46:11.736ZOur implementation of DNN is as our global corporate we pages for users.,From my side DNN makes it very easy to manage everything we need to publish for users
Implementation of our custom modules is very simple,On version 6 of DNN, there are problem using multi-language settings for the portal and switching between languages when we try to use iFinity Url Master. The problem is with querystringsparameters with diacritic values,9,N/A,1,10Tomáš KružíkDotNetNuke - Great Content Management System2014-12-22T21:06:20.355ZDotNetNuke product was used to build company public-facing corporate and internal intranet websites. We had replaced old static website that required a lot of maintenance by IT staff. Any small change of contents required programming resource that was not always available. When we implemented DNN content management system IT programming resource has been completely freed up and content changes are now performed by Marketing and Corporate Service manager.,DNN is easy to install, configure and administer
DNN is a full-scale content management system that offers many options for managing blogs, photo galleries, files and communication
DNN is secure and offers flexible role-based security architecture,DotNetNuke integration with Active Directory can be improved
Ability for DNN modules to communicate (send-receive data) is missing and can be helpful if in place
DNN could offer wizard-type tools for custom modules development,10,DNN allowed to eliminate the need for developer resources when managing websites contents
DNN allowed to quickly build modern websites with rich contents and flexible functionalty
DNN allowed to easily implement complex security access,,10Boris SkylarDNN Best Use Cases2014-03-04T00:16:59.075ZDNN is being used in several areas. We are using it at my current employer as our externally-facing website, for clients as their CMS, and also for a few personal websites and blog platforms. At former employers, we used it primarily as our code base for custom intranet CMS solutions with integration into the Microsoft infrastructure.,DNN is a feature-rich, open-source project with a flexible license. This let us use it without licensing costs for custom solutions or as-is with no custom code just plug-in modules.
DNN is written in Microsoft .NET C#. This allows our developers and our customers to use their existing skill set to install and maintain the solution.
DNN is made for Windows platform, allowing us and our customers to deploy solutions to existing Windows servers or in some cases hosted platforms.
DNN integrates with Windows authentication allowing us to deploy intranet solutions and use single sign-on for improved user experience and security.,DNN is developed with Microsoft Visual Studio, which is great if your developers already know and use it, but switching to it can be expensive in terms of licensing (for paid versions) and training costs.
DNN module creation is powerful for custom solutions but more complex, time consuming, and error prone than some other open-source solutions based on open-source scripting languages that can be edited without needing to be compiled.
DNN has a rich 3rd-party ecosystem of modules and themes but it pales in comparison to a CMS such as WordPress.
DNN's foundation on Microsoft technologies is a strength if you need it but a potential limitation if your organization is not entrenched in the Microsoft ecosystem. For example, a quick search on some freelancer sites shows that WordPress developers outnumber DNN developers 10 to 1.,10,DNN has allowed us to decrease our development costs by using a solid CMS framework instead of having to develop one from scratch.
Using DNN has allowed us to leverage our development team's expertise with Microsoft technologies.
DNN allows us to use existing Windows infrastructure to deploy solutions without having to install and manage 3rd-party frameworks or add-ons.
DNN gives us fewer choices in themes, plug-ins, and contractors with specialized skills compared to some of the more popular CMS and blogging platforms. For example, we've had more luck finding graphic designers who can create custom WordPress themes than DNN skins.,WordPress,10Zolt SeregiGive DNN a GO: my review of DNN.2014-02-26T21:18:49.172ZUsed by a department to manage domain registration for various education services.,Modular capabilities in term of software development and solution. The use of .NET platform further enhanced its power.
Skin development relatively easy to make, however, some specific knowledge of DNN platform is required.
DNN store provides a fast amount of effective, value of money solution. Most of the time, purchasing from the store is more than enough.,Skin customization has room to be improved.
Mobile friendly platform, e.g.: make use of the Bootstrap as default skin
DNN is more into software developer. It will nice to have some tools for web designers.
Lacking of complete facilities for disabled people (see WCAG). In this case Sitecore is much more powerful.,9,DNN is more cost effective compared to Sitecore in term of simple to medium size of web site.
Sitecore has more enterprise solutions with full support of web farms.,Sitecore Web Content Management,WordPress,9Yudhistira YuMaking Content Management Simple2014-02-22T22:45:43.558ZWe host, setup, design and configure DotNetNuke web sites for various customers. If customers come to us wanting a CMS, we recommend DNN. We have had very positive from most of our clients. Clients have been able to manage their own website content without being bound to software such as Dreamweaver or Contribute.,DotNetNuke makes it easy to edit content on a website. Clients can log in to the site, click on the "Edit Page" button in a convenient menu at the top of the page and then edit specific sections (or modules) on a page. They have the ability to upload images and other documents (PDF, Word, etc) and also can add links. The HTML editor provides options to paste from word and also the ability to edit the HTML directly for the more tech-savvy users.
DotNetNuke makes it very easy to allow users to sign up as members on a website and also makes managing those users via site Administrators easy. It is also very easy to set up other ways for users to log in (via Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc).
DotNetNuke is extremely extensible. There is an app store where you can find many free or low-cost modules that can be installed to utilize applications such as event calendars, news, blogs, and many other web application types. It is also quite easy to build your own custom modules if you have a little development experience.
DotNetNuke is extremely easy to get started. There is a simple install screen that comes up the first time you visit your site that will allow a site up and running in seconds.,Overall DNN is a great platform, but there is room for improvement. They could provide more tutorials and help for developers and designers to integrate with DNN. It is very easy to build basic skins and modules but if you need to do more advanced things, there really is no help for this at all. You pretty much have to just learn by trial and error.
Some of the design standards built in to DNN are inconsistent and difficult to work with. Some core DNN modules use 1 way of styling the module while other modules use different styles. HTML tables are not properly used and overall there are times you have to jump through hoops to make some DNN components look the way you want.
While there are a lot of apps on the DNN store, there is virtually no developer support. DNN developers seem to keep their secrets, well, secret. There are a large amount of WordPress tutorials out there, but not a lot (of free) DNN tutorials.,8,DNN have given us the ability to have basic sites for clients up and running in a very short time. This makes the client happy.
DNN has taken the trivial, simple tasks of changing text on a page or an image on a page and put it into the hands of the client. They do not have to pay us to do it and that also frees up more time for us to spend on development.,WordPress,8Tracy DyerWhat Wordpress always wanted to be2016-02-19T22:21:22.055ZIt is used to manage our customer support site and software sales site. We utilize the Answers, Discuss, and Gamification aspects of Evoq. We also provide an area to download updates. We've extended Evoq to provide our own solutions to various business problems. We also install Evoq on sites for other clients.,Evoq is very extensible. As long as you can program in ASP.NET, you can customize it for any solution you may need.
It has great user controls and granular permissions for users allowing you to control access not whole sections of the site, individual pages, or even parts of a page.
Some of the modules you can purchase allow you to derive far more value than what you pay.,It can be a bit heavy-handed when it comes to styling. It's sometimes necessary to spend a little extra time to overcome styling issues.
Up until version 8 of the core DNN platform, implementing single page applications (SPAs) required extra efforts.
It is very difficult to split a site across multiple servers for load balancing,8,Our time to market is much faster with Evoq than with other platforms. Out of the box it is more secure and capable than most alternatives.,Amazon Web Services, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System,Developer,100-1,000 pagesVerified UserBest value CMS2016-02-19T22:40:54.900ZMy company itself does not use Evoq Content. I have done CMS evaluations for companies and have recommended Evoq Content based on company needs.,Out of box features
Friendly UI
Open source,Workflow
Module marketplace
Publishing,7,For clients, it has lead to increased efficiency
More content loading, fresh content
Better user engagement because of the above,Sitecore Web Content Management, Adobe Experience Manager, Drupal and Ektron Web Content Management System,Sitecore Web Content Management, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA Software,Content Author / Administrator,1,000-10,000 pagesVerified UserDNN a good package if you need more than just a content publishing system.2014-02-22T20:23:37.709ZDotNetNuke was used by our team to implement and create custom modules as per the client requirements. The client had requirements of displaying ad banners on the site and needed to capture those. My job was implement a module which would display those ad banners, capture the clicks and give the client statistics about the clicks. Developing this was very challenging given that I had 10s of thousands of records to go through and had to delete the processed records. To give some idea of how many records were in the database, if I didn't process the records say for 20 mins, I would have over 50K records in that time.
There were other modules that I have personally written while I worked on DNN when it first came out. They were all related to securing DNN while DNN was really new to the scene.,Minimal code writing to create new basic modules.
Good ASP.NET integrated user authentication and authorization
Plenty of free and paid modules available to create DNN site.,DNN should really create good tutorials for beginners. It takes a while before one can understand on how to get started in writing modules and their implementation,3,Faster Web development
Less amount spent in maintaining the website unless the site required new modules.
Many free and paid modules readily available,,3Verified User
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